Presentations - Financial Education Lab

Aiming Low: Necessity Entrepreneurs and the Choice to Incorporate
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the Financial Wellness Lab of Western University, April 27
Intervention before the Standing Committee on Finance
Intervention by Philippe d’Astous before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance of Canada as part of its study on household debt in Canada, April 23
La recherche dans le domaine de la finance des ménages et de la littératie financière
Panel with Philippe d’Astous, Irina Gemmo and Franca Glenzer at HEC Montréal’s Research and Knowledge Transfer Lunch Seminar, April 21
Argent : en savez-vous assez?
Conference by Philippe d’Astous organized by Centre Déclic at the Musée de la civilisation, April 14
Aiming Low: Necessity Entrepreneurs and the Choice to Incorporate
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the annual meeting of the American Finance Association, Philadelphia, January 5

“Aiming Low: Necessity Entrepreneurs and the Choice to Incorporate”, American Finance Association, 2026, United States.
“Aiming Low: Necessity Entrepreneurs and the Choice to Incorporate”, Northern Finance Association meetings (University of Calgary), 2025, Canada.
Discussion of the paper “Financial Literacy and Financial Crime: A Regression Discontinuity Approach” by Paul G. Freed (University of Virginia), Northern Finance Association meetings (University of Calgary), 2025, Canada.
Discussion of the paper “What Do Certifications Certify?” by Mark Egan (Harvard Business School), Workshop on Financial Intermediation and Regulation (Queen’s University), 2025, Canada.
Discussion of the paper “Business Education and Portfolio Returns” by Yigitcan Karabulut (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), American Finance Association meetings, 2025, United States.

“The Quality of Financial Advice: What Influences Client Recommendations?”
Global Forum for Financial Consumers, Cornell University, 2024, United States.
Discussion of the paper “Evaluating Credit Card Minimum Payment Restrictions” by Michael Boutros (University of Toronto), 5^th CEAR–RSI Household Finance Workshop, 2024, Canada.
Discussion of the paper “Learning the Tax Code: Immigrants, Tax Knowledge and Tax Avoidance” by Adam Lavecchia (McMaster University) at the Workshop on Immigration Policy: Economic Issues at HEC Montréal, September 27–28, 2024.
“Retirement Preparation and Financial Literacy: Results from the RSI Index”
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous to the board of directors of Retraite Québec, October 28.
“L’accession à la propriété : les impacts sur la planification financière”
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the Congrès annuel de l’Institut de planification financière, September 18.
“Understanding Preferences for Sustainable Investments”
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the CFSN 2024 Conference on Governance and Sustainable Development of the Desautels Faculty of Management of McGill University, May 9.

Paper discussion “The Cost of Consumer Collateral: Evidence from Bunching” by Benjamin L. Collier, Cameron M. Ellis and Benjamin J. Keys at the 4th CEAR-IRE workshop on Household finance, November 10.
Paper discussion “The Economic and Financial Impact of Negative Environmental and Social Practices: Evidence from Consumers’ Store Visits” by Zhanbing Xiao, Xin Zheng and Yuxiang Zheng (University of Akron) at the 2023 NFA conference, September 8.
RSI Index
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the Retraite Québec Table d’expertise en retraite, October 6.
The Quality of Financial Advice: What Influences Client Recommendations?
Presentation by Philippe d’Astous at the 7^th Household Finance Workshop of the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE, Germany, July 14.
Presentation of the Financial Education Lab by Philippe d’Astous during the 10^th Financial Education Day of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), May 24.